ROADMAP.md

Roadmap for the trusat-orbit repository code:

Near Term (next few weeks)

1. Pull out loop-intensive functions into accelerated module
2. Set up Travis Continuous Integration Testing
3. Publish pypi trusat (trusat-orbit?) module
4. Expand documentation for using trusat.tle and trusat.iod modules
5. Create jupyter notebook for development, experimentation, visualization
6. Restore functionality of local IOD file processing with satfit. Issue #8
7. Fix satid/elfind compatibility with python-skyfield
8. Incorporate XF functionality into TLE processing scripts (See tle_util.py header comments)
9. Transition python-skyfield dependencies to native python-sgp4 calls

Mid Term (next few months)

1. Extend satfit functionality in PyQT module
2. Write verison of TLE Retrieve in PyQT, utilizing trusat.tle_util
3. Merge trusat-orbit and trusat-backend into a common repo and package
4. API access to all data (after SeeSat-L user opt-in/opt-out)
5. Secure compute for SITE data - allow geocentric (ICRS) observation vectors / observer location

Long Term

1. Transition to modules compatible with OREKit and UT-Austin orbdetpy
2. Full automation with user rank/trust, object priority and object confidence
3. Parallelized processing for super-compute applications